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2019 March
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Listening Test – Challenging
- March 31, 2019
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE
Coaching is different from practice. In the Indian context, practice is mostly learning by roote. At First Academy, we do not believe in that. We believe that learning happens only by understanding. We do not undermine practice, but practice without understanding why you are doing something barely leads to anything worthwhile. That is why
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Set the Tone Right -IELTS, PTE and OET
- March 29, 2019
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE
What is tone? Tone is the pitch of the speaker. It could be low or high depending on what the speaker intends to communicate. Tone is also a cue to the person’s attitude. The tone we take with a friend is certainly different from what we take with a teacher. Is tone important? Yes! It
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Money and Happiness – Band 9 Sample Essay
- March 28, 2019
- Category: IELTS
The following essay is an extension from the article in the telegram channel @IELTSIndia. This post contains an article from which many expressions and phrases have been taken. It is only to give the reader an idea of how to use expressions and phrases the right way. First Academy absolutely does not endorse plagiarism or
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Whose line is it anyway?
- March 26, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
There is a saying which says the difference between good and great is 5%. Being able to write good sentences is something that some effort and some grammar books can help you do. That will get you a good score. Quite often, in life, being good is well just that, being good enough. And quite
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Few vs. A Few
- March 25, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
Small things often make a big difference when it comes to the score you are going to get. One such element, and an element which invariably makes an appearance in all English tests from GRE to PTE, to OET, to IELTS is the test takers ability to understand the difference between a few and few.
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Understanding Referents
- March 25, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
A referent is a word that refers to something. When we say refer, we are looking at it from the perspective of a doctor referring you to another doctor. A referent sends you to another word to complete its meaning. In IELTS and PTE, knowing how referents are used is an important skill that
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Tensing the Tense Tendons
- March 21, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
Pro-tip The title is an example of an alliteration. Alliteration is when the first letters or sounds of a multiple wordsare repeated. In some cases, use of alliteration can make your speech,or language interesting. Just do not over do it! 😉 Now, over to the quiz! No matter the test you are taking, what
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Sentence Variety – 2
- March 19, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, PTE, QUIZ
Be it for IELTS, GRE, OET, or any other test you wish to take, knowing words is only one very small part of the fight. If you want to be better than most, you need to be able to both understand and construct a variety of sentences. This quiz looks at your ability to use
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Task Response – IELTS Writing Task 2 – Session 1
- March 18, 2019
- Category: IELTS
Like it has been discussed in class, Task Response is of prime importance. Understanding the question is in many cases more important than having good grammar or command over vocabulary. In the IELTS test, candidates more often, and incorrectly so, focus on impressing the examiner by putting up a display of all the fancy words
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Writing Evaluation
- March 18, 2019
- Category: General Interest, IELTS
If you are on a slow connection, please wait for the PDF to load. How is Writing Evaluated? At First Academy, we take evaluations very seriously. We understand the difference between getting a 6.5 and a 7.0. Our trainers thoroughly understand the all the evaluation parameters of IELTS. Here is a sample of one of
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